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VI, South of Chachapayas, and alfo on the eaftfide 

 of the Cordillera of the Andes, lies the jurifdidlion of 

 Llulla and Chiloas, which is low, warm and moill, 

 ^nd covered with woods, fo that great parts of it are 

 uninhabited. It borders on the river of Moyabamba, 

 which beginning its courfe from thefe foutheni pro- 

 vinces of Peru, forms the river of the Amazones, as 

 we have already obferved.* The principal commo- 

 dity of this country is tobacco, which, with a parti- 

 cular kind of almonds called andes, and a few other 

 fruits natural to its climate, form the commerce car- 

 ried on by this province with the others. 



VII. The laft jurifdidion of this diocefs is that of 

 Pataz, or Caxamarquilla. From its different fituations 

 it has a variety of produdls : but is particularly re- 

 markable for gold mines ; its chief commerce confid- 

 ing in exchanging that metal for current money, efpe- 

 cially flSver coin, which is the more eileemed here 

 for its fcarcity. 



GuAMANGA the fecond diocefs. 



The city of Guamanga, the capital of this diocefs, 

 was founded in the year 1539, by Don Francifco 

 Pizarro, on the lite of an Indian village of the fame 

 name. The Spaniards added the name of San Juan 

 del la Victoria, in memory of the precipitate retreat 

 of Manco the Ynca, from Pizarro, who offered him 

 battle. This city was founded for the conveniency of 

 the trade carried on between Lima and Cufco ; for 

 during this long diflance, there was at that time no 

 town, whence the travellers frequently fuffered by the 

 incurfions of Manco's army. This gave occafion to 

 building the city on the fpot where the Indian village 

 ftood, though extreamly inconvenient with regard to 

 prqvifions, as lying contiguous to the great chain of 

 the Andes J but ihe war being happily terminated by 

 the entire defeat of Manco's party, the city was re- 

 pioved to its prefcnt fitif^itiyn. Its jurifdidlion, regu- 

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